Tile tying runner



Feb. 27, 1934.

T. D. CORCORAN E AL TILE TYING RUNNER Filed May 29, 1931 3mm.- 220112453. 02 mm)? /14 Z z'oildA. T461771 Patented Feb. 27, 1934 PATENT OFFICE UNITED STATES Angeles,

Calif.

Application May 29, 1931. Serial No. 540,885

11 Claims. (Cl. 108-10) This invention relates to improvements in tile roofing and more particularly to means for securing roofing tile in place.

An object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, comparatively inexpensive and highly eificacious hanger or support for securing tile in place on a roof without necessitating puncturing the roofing paper or other waterproof coating at points where leakage is likely to occur.

Another object is to'provide a tile supporting or tiling strip which is made up as a flat narrow and flexible ribbon capable of being rolled or wound in small compass and cut off in the desired length for application to a roof.

A further object is to provide a tie strip of the character described which although of flat rib bon form when applied to a roof may be readily and easily adjusted to provide, at spaced intervals therealong, a plurality of upstanding portions suitable for attaching the tile thereto.

Yet another object is to provide a tile tying strip of the character described which may be made of meshed wire similar to chicken or plaster wire, whereby it will be lightas to' weight and easy to handle and apply to a roof, as well as provide, by reason of the skeleton form thereof;

a plurality of openings and portions to which the tie wires of tile may be readily secured. I

A further object is to provide a skeleton tie strip of the character described which will be caused to assume narrower proportions and to provide spaced upstanding tie portions between straight wire portions due to the weight of tile attached thereto and will constitute a stronger and more reliable support and tie means when adjusted as aforesaid.

Another object is to provide a tie strip which may be secured with an ordinary nail or other fastening under the flashing, at the ridge of a 40 roof, or merely straddle on ridge and without additional fastening thereof serve reliably as a support and anchor for the tile from the ridge to the outer edges of the roof.

A further important object is to provide a tile 46 tying strip which by reason of its light, skeleton form and great flexibility is bendable in various ways and therefore applicable to roofs of various shapes and kinds.

With the foregoing objects in view, together 50 with such other objects and advantages as may subsequently appear, the invention resides in the parts and in the combination construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of the tying strip of this invention;

Figure 2 is a cross section on the plane of line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a cross section on the plane of line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of the strip showing the position assumed thereby when the tiles are attached thereto;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view of a 55 roof as constructed with the tying strip of this invention, wherein the strip is fastened entirely by a nail under the flashing;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view of the upstanding tie loop showing how the tile is tied thereto; V

Figure 7 is a detail in perspective illustrating a manner of arranging tiles on a roof and attaching same to the tying strip.

In carrying out this invention, the skeleton, bendable and flexible tile tying strip A thereof, as shown in detail in the accompanying drawing is preferably made of woven wire mesh like ordinary chicken or plaster netting.

Preferably the strip comprises two straight edge or selvage wires 1 and 2' composed of several twisted strands, and single wires 3 and 4 woven around the straight wires at spaced points as at 5 and twisted one around the other as at 6 at points between the joints 5. This provides a narrow and flat wire netting strip with relatively heavy selvage edges and which though light as to weight and readily flexible and bendable, is comparatively strong. Such a strip it is now seen, is subject to being readily put up in a compact roll and readily cut off in desired length.

It is important to note that the wires 3 and 4 are wound around or secured to the wires 1 and 2 and to one another in such manner that the entire strip will articulate to provide upstanding portions 7 at the joints 6 when the tiles are hung on the strip, said portions '7 being shown in Figures 4 and 5. In other words, the wires 3 and 4 are loosely wound together and around the wires 1 and 2 whereby when the wires 1 and 2 are forced together the portions of wires 4 and 5 extending between the wires 1 and 2 will protrude and extend upwardly and form the portions '7 at spaced points throughout the strip. These upstanding portions '7 provide for readily and easily attaching the tile D and E to the strip A, as shown for example in Figures 5 and '7, the tie wires 8 on the tile being twisted around or otherwise secured to said portions '7.

As shown in Figure 5, the strip A is fastened by a nail 9 to the roof B at a point under the flashing C, and need not be fastened to the roof at any other point. In this way, the roofing paper F is perforated only at points under the flashing and therefore the entire water-shedding area of said paper or of the roof excepting the portion thereof fully protected by the flashing is left imperforate with the result that all possibility of leaking of the roof is eliminated.

It is, of course, obvious that the tile tying strip of this invention may be applied or secured to the roof in various ways other than shown herewith and will provide the advantages hereof in a particularly efiicacious manner in all cases where the roof is not punctured by nails or like fastenings at points on the water-shedding or tile covered slopes thereof.

Attention is called to the fact that the strip A when attached to the roof will lie fiat thereon and close thereto with no portion readily available for attaching the tie Wires of the tile thereto. However, when beginning, say at the lower end of the strip, the operator by pinching or pressing the wires 1 and 2 together will cause the wires 3 and 4 therebetween to protrude upwardly whereby to provide the upstanding portion '7 through which the tile tie wires may be readily looped and then twisted to secure the tile in place. As the weight of the tile increases on the strip A, the latter is thereby caused to assume the shape shown in Figure 4 with the wires 1 and 2 lying close together and the wires 3 and 4 extending upwardly therefrom and providing at spaced points the portions 7 to which the tile tie may be readily secured.

Thus it will be seen that the portions of the strip A which provide for wiring the tile to the strip are inherent in the mesh structure of the strip and are readily formed from a normally narrow fiat woven wire strip by forcing the normally spaced wires 1 and 2 together or in other words by pressing the side edges of the strip together.

It is noted that this adjustment of the strip to provide the upstanding portions 7 does not cause the wires or any part of the strip to bend and weaken the strip, inasmuch as the wires merely turn or hinge where joined together.

Reference to the foregoing description and accompanying drawing will readily show that this invention is characterized by the provision of an articulated strip comprised of adjustable roof engaging portions and other portions which though carried by and normally in the plane of the roof engaging portions are caused to be extended outward from the roof when the roof engaging portions are adjusted. More specifically, the roof engaging portions when laterally adjusted to bring them into position lying close together cause the portions to which the tiles are to be secured to be extended outward from the roof whereby the tile may be readily secured thereto.

The tiles D and E are arranged on the roof in a usual manner, that is, with vertical rows of cover tiles D alternating with vertical rows of pan tiles E, with the side edges of the cover tiles extending over the side edges of the pan tiles and with the pan tiles E resting on the roof, as

shown in Fig. 7. The relatively lower tiles on the roof have their upper ends extending under the relatively higher or upper tiles in the usual manner so that the lower edge of every upper tile overlaps the upper edge of every lower tile. The

strips A are preferably arranged to lead down wardly over the inclined surface of the roof to one side of the line of contact of the pan tiles with the roof so that the latter will not rest on the strips A. A single strip A will ordinarily suffice as an attachment for a vertical row of pan tile and also of a vertical row of cover tile, as here shown; the strip being then arranged to extend beneath the row of cover tile and between adjacent rows of pan tile, and the tie wires 8 being extended to lead to the upstanding por- \tions 7 of the strip A with which portions 7 of the tie. wires are attached.

We claim:

1. A tile tying strip comprising portions adapted to lie upon a roof and other portions carried by said first portions and normally lying in the plane thereof but which are extended out of the plane of the first portions when the latter are subjected to lateral pressures.

2. In a tile tying strip, adjustable portions adapted to lie upon a roof, other portions normally lying in the plane of the first portions, and means of connection between said portions providing for the outward extension of the second named portions when the first named portions arev adjusted.

3. In a tile tying strip, portions defining the edges of the strip and adapted to lie upon a roof, and portions between said edge portions which 106 are automatically extended outwardly from the plane of the edge portions when the latter are forced towards one another.

4. In a tile tying strip, elements defining the longitudinal edges of the strip and adapted to lie 110 upon a roof, and elements extended between said edge elements and which are automatically extended outwardly from the plane of said edge elements when the latter are forced together.

5. A normally fiat flexible strip for supporting roofing tiles, comprising edge portions adapted to lie upon a roof, and portions between normally in the plane of said edge portions arranged to provide at spaced points along the strip when the edge portions are forced together, a plurality of extruded loops.

6. A normally flat flexible strip for securing tiles on a roof, comprising edge portions and loop portions arranged to normally lie in substantially the same plane on a roof and to cause the loop portions to be extruded from the plane of the edge portions are forced together.

7. A normally flat strip for securing tiles on a roof, and means normally lying in substantially the same plane as the strip and which forms 1 loops extending outwardly from said plane when the strip is subjected to the weight of tile attached thereto.

8. Means for anchoringtile on a roof, comprising a woven wire strip, provided with portions 1' between its edges arranged to have tile secured thereto, which portions are extended outwardly from the plane of the remainder of the strip.

9. Means for anchoring tile on a roof, comprising a woven wire strip consisting of spaced wires forming the longitudinal edges thereof, and wires woven to and extended between said edge strip in an arrangement such that they will extend outwardly from the edge wires when the latter are forced together.

10. Means for anchoring tile on a roof, comprising a meshed wire strip including wires forming the longitudinal edges of the strip and being movable towards one another, and wires secured g said strip to the roof structure only at a point beneath said flashing, extruded portions along said strip, tile laid over said strip, and tie members for securing the tile to said extruded portions.

THOMAS D. CORCORAN LIONEL A. WOLFE 

